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Author Guidelines

Manuscripts may be submitted free-format for the peer review process, as long as they are following a consistent style and count between 3,500 to 6,000 words including references, tables, and figures (where each table and figure in the main paper counts for 250 words). However, preferably, submissions follow the guidelines specified in the author template. All submissions have to adhere to this template upon (conditional) acceptance.
Note: Please refrain from putting any identifying information on the title page or elsewhere until final acceptance of your article.

For any additional aspects, manuscripts should follow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th edition.

Please submit separately the following documents (not part of the word count) and make sure they are anonymized and blinded for peer review:

  • Title and abstract without author names/affiliations (< 250 words)
  • Main paper without author names/affiliations
  • Supporting information (e.g., accompanying appendices, instruments, datasets, preregistrations, supplementary analyses)

Please submit separately the following documents (not part of the word count) only upon acceptance of your submission:

  • Main paper including title page 
  • Acknowledgments 
  • Research funding
  • Author contributions
  • Ethical statement (if applicable)
  • Data statement (for empirical work)
  • Competing interests statement (if applicable)

Proofs
Authors will receive a PDF file with page proofs for final correction. These must be returned with corrections by the dates determined by the publication schedule. At this stage, only very minor, typographical revisions to the text and references are accepted.

Inquiries
All inquiries should be directed towards the managing editors by sending an email to sustainabilityletters@ou.nl

Submission Preparation Checklist

Authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following:

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it currently in the peer review process with another outlet.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, and all DOIs for online references have been provided, when available.
  • The author declares the absence of any conflict of interest and warrants that the work does not infringe upon any copyright, proprietary, or personal right of any third party.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. 
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.

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